Product Management Job Trends

Product Management
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Product Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 277 269 289
Rank change year-on-year -8 +20 -85
Permanent jobs citing Product Management 502 561 747
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.73% 1.15% 1.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.92% 1.24% 1.13%
Number of salaries quoted 215 304 467
10th Percentile £40,500 £46,625 £42,500
25th Percentile £56,000 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £65,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% -3.70% -6.90%
75th Percentile £95,000 £85,000 £81,875
90th Percentile £120,000 £95,500 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £63,076 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -2.96% +8.33% -4.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Product Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 54,345 45,260 66,146
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 79.25% 92.54% 88.33%
Number of salaries quoted 32,629 22,226 51,183
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £29,490
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £76,000 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £102,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -8.33%

Product Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Product Management relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Product Management job vacancy trend in the UK

Product Management
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Product Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Product Management

Product Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Product Management over the 6 months to 20 February 2026.

Salary histogram for Product Management in the UK

Product Management
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Product Management within the UK over the 6 months to 20 February 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +5 455 £75,000 +15.38% 640
London +61 256 £91,250 +17.74% 523
UK excluding London -86 192 £63,076 -2.96% 157
Work from Home +14 189 £75,000 +15.38% 293
South East -61 54 £57,500 -11.54% 50
North of England -9 51 £74,000 -4.52% 30
Midlands -45 37 £64,038 -1.48% 20
North West -6 30 £75,000 -4.76% 23
West Midlands -10 26 £60,288 -7.25% 13
East of England +29 24 £60,100 -7.54% 16
Yorkshire -20 18 £68,538 +33.73% 6
South West -47 14 £62,500 +0.30% 15
Northern Ireland -15 11 £75,000 +26.20% 2
East Midlands -39 10 £80,000 +25.49% 7
Wales 0 4 £61,001 +2.64% 2
North East -17 3 £63,076 -23.54% 1
Scotland -19 3 £42,000 -29.33% 25

Product Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 17 (3.39%) Confluence
2 12 (2.39%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.80%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 3 (0.60%) CMS
5 2 (0.40%) CICS
5 2 (0.40%) MTS
6 1 (0.20%) Drupal
Applications
1 19 (3.78%) Microsoft Excel
1 19 (3.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 7 (1.39%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.20%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.60%) Trello
5 1 (0.20%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.20%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 15 (2.99%) Payment Gateway
2 5 (1.00%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (1.00%) NetSuite
3 3 (0.60%) Fidessa
3 3 (0.60%) Salesforce CRM
3 3 (0.60%) Shopify
4 1 (0.20%) Magento
4 1 (0.20%) Oracle SCM
4 1 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.20%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 69 (13.75%) SaaS
2 56 (11.16%) AWS
3 47 (9.36%) Azure
4 24 (4.78%) Power Platform
5 19 (3.78%) Pulumi
6 15 (2.99%) Azure DevOps
7 14 (2.79%) GCP
7 14 (2.79%) GitHub
8 10 (1.99%) GitHub Copilot
9 9 (1.79%) H2O.ai
9 9 (1.79%) Microsoft 365
9 9 (1.79%) OneDrive
9 9 (1.79%) OpenShift
9 9 (1.79%) PaaS
10 6 (1.20%) Snowflake
11 4 (0.80%) Collibra
11 4 (0.80%) Google Analytics
11 4 (0.80%) Miro
12 3 (0.60%) Google Workspace
12 3 (0.60%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 26 (5.18%) Broadband
2 10 (1.99%) HTTP
3 9 (1.79%) SD-WAN
4 7 (1.39%) WAN
4 7 (1.39%) Wi-Fi
5 6 (1.20%) LAN
5 6 (1.20%) RTP
5 6 (1.20%) Wireless
6 4 (0.80%) Ethernet
7 3 (0.60%) Multicast
8 2 (0.40%) 5G
8 2 (0.40%) ATM
8 2 (0.40%) VPN
9 1 (0.20%) 4G
9 1 (0.20%) Bluetooth
9 1 (0.20%) GPRS
9 1 (0.20%) Intranet
9 1 (0.20%) MPLS
9 1 (0.20%) Value-Added Service
9 1 (0.20%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (5.38%) Relational Database
2 23 (4.58%) Power BI
3 22 (4.38%) NoSQL
4 21 (4.18%) RDBMS
5 16 (3.19%) Metadata
6 10 (1.99%) Data Lake
7 7 (1.39%) Tableau
8 6 (1.20%) SAP BW
8 6 (1.20%) SQL Server
9 5 (1.00%) Data Mining
10 4 (0.80%) Data Warehouse
11 3 (0.60%) Big Data
11 3 (0.60%) SAP HANA
12 2 (0.40%) DB2
12 2 (0.40%) PostgreSQL
13 1 (0.20%) Data Vault
Development Applications
1 32 (6.37%) JIRA
2 19 (3.78%) Jaeger
3 4 (0.80%) ERwin
4 3 (0.60%) PowerDesigner
5 2 (0.40%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.20%) ER Studio
General
1 195 (38.84%) Finance
2 184 (36.65%) Social Skills
3 117 (23.31%) Marketing
4 99 (19.72%) Analytical Skills
5 52 (10.36%) Banking
6 48 (9.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 45 (8.96%) Retail
8 42 (8.37%) Legal
9 37 (7.37%) Influencing Skills
10 36 (7.17%) Financial Institution
11 29 (5.78%) Law
12 27 (5.38%) Presentation Skills
13 25 (4.98%) Public Sector
14 20 (3.98%) Manufacturing
15 19 (3.78%) Digital Economy
16 18 (3.59%) Back Office
17 17 (3.39%) Organisational Skills
18 14 (2.79%) Electronics
19 10 (1.99%) Billing
20 9 (1.79%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 143 (28.49%) Product Manager
2 74 (14.74%) Lead
3 63 (12.55%) Senior
4 35 (6.97%) Senior Manager
5 31 (6.18%) Product Owner
6 26 (5.18%) Senior Product Manager
7 22 (4.38%) Product Lead
8 19 (3.78%) Digital Product Manager
8 19 (3.78%) Product Management Director
9 16 (3.19%) Change Manager
10 13 (2.59%) Developer
11 12 (2.39%) Data Manager
12 11 (2.19%) Development Engineer
13 10 (1.99%) Security Engineer
13 10 (1.99%) Senior Development Engineer
13 10 (1.99%) Senior Software Development Engineer
13 10 (1.99%) Senior Software Engineer
13 10 (1.99%) Software Development Engineer
13 10 (1.99%) Software Engineer
14 9 (1.79%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (3.78%) Elastic Stack
1 19 (3.78%) OpenTelemetry
2 14 (2.79%) REST
3 9 (1.79%) Keras
3 9 (1.79%) PyTorch
3 9 (1.79%) TensorFlow
3 9 (1.79%) YAML
4 6 (1.20%) .NET
5 3 (0.60%) FIX Protocol
5 3 (0.60%) Node.js
6 2 (0.40%) EDI
6 2 (0.40%) FastAPI
6 2 (0.40%) Flask
6 2 (0.40%) Next.js
7 1 (0.20%) OpenAPI
7 1 (0.20%) PySpark
7 1 (0.20%) SOAP
7 1 (0.20%) Spring
7 1 (0.20%) Swagger
7 1 (0.20%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 92 (18.33%) Product Ownership
2 50 (9.96%) Onboarding
3 42 (8.37%) Self-Motivation
4 28 (5.58%) Management Information System
5 13 (2.59%) Cloud Native
6 12 (2.39%) Social Media
7 11 (2.19%) Data Centre
8 10 (1.99%) Public Cloud
9 9 (1.79%) Analytical Mindset
9 9 (1.79%) Security Posture
10 8 (1.59%) Enterprise Software
11 7 (1.39%) Data Fabric
11 7 (1.39%) IoT
11 7 (1.39%) Virtual Team
12 6 (1.20%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 6 (1.20%) SWIFT Messaging Network
13 5 (1.00%) Driving Licence
13 5 (1.00%) Mobile App
14 4 (0.80%) Algorithms
14 4 (0.80%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 22 (4.38%) Linux
2 19 (3.78%) Unix
3 5 (1.00%) Windows
4 2 (0.40%) zOS
5 1 (0.20%) Android
5 1 (0.20%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 261 (51.99%) Roadmaps
2 209 (41.63%) Agile
3 145 (28.88%) Product Roadmap
4 114 (22.71%) Product Strategy
5 112 (22.31%) Continuous Improvement
6 106 (21.12%) Problem-Solving
7 104 (20.72%) Stakeholder Management
8 91 (18.13%) Mentoring
9 86 (17.13%) AI
10 77 (15.34%) Analytics
11 74 (14.74%) User Experience
12 72 (14.34%) Information Security
13 71 (14.14%) Product Vision
14 65 (12.95%) Coaching
15 63 (12.55%) Decision-Making
16 62 (12.35%) Project Management
17 59 (11.75%) Business Development
18 52 (10.36%) Value Proposition
19 49 (9.76%) B2B
19 49 (9.76%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 50 (9.96%) Python
2 34 (6.77%) Java
2 34 (6.77%) SQL
3 21 (4.18%) Go
3 21 (4.18%) JavaScript
4 19 (3.78%) Bash
5 9 (1.79%) PowerShell
6 5 (1.00%) C#
7 2 (0.40%) COBOL
7 2 (0.40%) JCL
7 2 (0.40%) PHP
7 2 (0.40%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.20%) C++
8 1 (0.20%) MATLAB
8 1 (0.20%) R
8 1 (0.20%) Scala
8 1 (0.20%) SHACL
Qualifications
1 97 (19.32%) Degree
2 42 (8.37%) Master's Degree
3 33 (6.57%) Computer Science Degree
4 29 (5.78%) Security Cleared
5 21 (4.18%) AWS Certification
6 17 (3.39%) SC Cleared
7 8 (1.59%) DV Cleared
7 8 (1.59%) MBA
8 7 (1.39%) DBS Check
8 7 (1.39%) PMI Certification
8 7 (1.39%) PMP
9 4 (0.80%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (0.80%) SAP Certification
10 3 (0.60%) CSPO
10 3 (0.60%) HNC
11 2 (0.40%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.40%) CISM
11 2 (0.40%) CISSP
12 1 (0.20%) PhD
12 1 (0.20%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (5.38%) QA
2 16 (3.19%) Data Quality
3 14 (2.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (2.19%) Accessibility
5 10 (1.99%) NCSC
5 10 (1.99%) NIST
6 6 (1.20%) GDPR
6 6 (1.20%) ISO 20022
7 5 (1.00%) IFRS
7 5 (1.00%) SLA
8 4 (0.80%) PMO
9 3 (0.60%) ISO 8583
9 3 (0.60%) SEPA
10 2 (0.40%) COREP
10 2 (0.40%) FINREP
10 2 (0.40%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.20%) GMP
11 1 (0.20%) PSD2
11 1 (0.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 22 (4.38%) Docker
2 2 (0.40%) RACF
2 2 (0.40%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (0.40%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (0.40%) vSphere
3 1 (0.20%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 22 (4.38%) Kubernetes
2 21 (4.18%) Terraform
3 19 (3.78%) Ansible
3 19 (3.78%) Argo
3 19 (3.78%) Kustomize
3 19 (3.78%) Prometheus
4 2 (0.40%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
5 1 (0.20%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 50 (9.96%) Microsoft
2 34 (6.77%) Google
3 18 (3.59%) Salesforce
4 12 (2.39%) Databricks
5 10 (1.99%) Adobe
6 9 (1.79%) Dell
6 9 (1.79%) NVIDIA
6 9 (1.79%) SAP
7 8 (1.59%) Oracle
8 7 (1.39%) Foundry
9 6 (1.20%) Zoho
10 4 (0.80%) Sage
10 4 (0.80%) YouTube
11 3 (0.60%) Apple
11 3 (0.60%) Bloomberg
11 3 (0.60%) CQG
11 3 (0.60%) CrowdStrike
11 3 (0.60%) Reuters
11 3 (0.60%) Tenable
11 3 (0.60%) Toshiba